The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Ukraine’s cybersecurity agency signed an agreement this week aimed at bolstering collaboration between the two nations on shared cybersecurity priorities, CISA said. CISA’s signing of the Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) with the Ukrainian State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine (SSSCIP) aims to strengthen cooperation between…
US, Ukraine Sign New Agreement Expanding Cybersecurity Cooperation
July 28, 2022
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China-based Servers Hinder Criminal Investigations and Data Can be Accessed: US Prosecutor
With U.S. companies using servers in China to hold customer data, it has become increasingly difficult for U.S. authorities to access that information for criminal investigations. “By moving the data to the PRC, service providers are increasingly putting evidence of crimes out of the reach of prosecutors and agents,” said Carolyn Pokorny, deputy U.S. Attorney…
Chinese-Made Vehicle GPS Tracker Has ‘Severe Vulnerabilities’: Report
A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has “severe vulnerabilities,” posing a potential danger to highway safety, national security, and supply chains, according to new research by a Boston-based cybersecurity firm. BitSight said in a press release it discovered six “severe” flaws in the MV720 GPS tracker, a hardwired device manufactured by Chinese company…
State-Backed Phishing Attacks Target US Journalists: Report
Hackers from China, North Korea, Iran, and Turkey are routinely targeting U.S. journalists and media for their state-aligned purposes, according to a report by Proofpoint, a Sunnyvale based enterprise cybersecurity company. The media and journalists have been easy targets of cyber activities “for espionage or to gain key insights into the inner workings of another…
Chinese State-Backed Hackers Targeting Major Telecom Companies: US Security Agencies
U.S. security agencies have warned that hackers backed by the Chinese regime have been targeting “major telecommunications companies and network service providers” since 2020. In a June 7 cybersecurity advisory, they urged those affected to take immediate remedial action. The advisory, coauthored by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),…
China’s Draft Cybersecurity Rules Pose Risks for Financial Firms, Lobby Group Warns
HONG KONG—China’s proposed cybersecurity rules for financial firms could pose risks to the operations of western companies by making their data vulnerable to hacking, among other things, according to a leading lobby group. The latest regulatory proposal comes at a time when a string of western investment banks and asset managers are expanding their presence…
NSA Says ‘No Backdoors’ in New Quantum Resistant Encryption Scheme
The next generation of encryption standards being developed out of the United States will be impenetrable, even by the country’s top code crackers, and resistant to quantum computers, according to NSA Cybersecurity Director Rob Joyce. “There are no backdoors,” Joyce told Bloomberg May 13, referring to hidden flaws that enable hackers to break encryption. The development…
Canada Presses for G7 Quick-Reaction Group on Cybersecurity After Ukraine Invasion
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is pressing G7 countries to establish a quick-reaction group on cybersecurity to help build up resilience to attacks following the invasion of Ukraine. Champagne suggested to a meeting of G7 digital ministers in Germany that they pool expertise to fend off attacks and protect crucial information-technology infrastructure. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister…
4 Ways to Protect Your Small Business From Cyberattacks
May 12, 2022
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses have quickly adopted remote working and transitioned to new technologies, such as contactless payments and online ordering. Unfortunately, these adjustments have come with increased risks. According to a 2022 report from Barracuda, a cloud and networks security company, small businesses with fewer than 100 employees receive…
Five Eyes’ Reveal Most Exploited Cyber Vulnerabilities for 2021
April 27, 2022
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Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes nations have outlined the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2021. Agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada said hackers were targeting public and private sectors and warned organisations to implement mitigation strategies. The most commonly exploited vulnerability was Log4Shell, which affects Apache’s Log4j library,…
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